[Event "Dorset Rapidplay 2021"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2021.03.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Hampton, Paul"] [Black "Headlong, Georgia"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "182"] [BlackElo "146"] [Annotator "Martin"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "600+5"] 1. f4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O e6 7. Qe1 Bc5 8. d4 Be7 9. c4 Ne4 10. a3 O-O 11. Nc3 Bf6 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bd2 Ne7 14. Bb4 b6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. fxe5 c5 18. Rc1 Rad8 19. Qf2 dxc4 20. Bxc4 cxd4 21. exd4 Qd7 22. Rfd1 b5 23. Ba2 Bd5 24. Bb1 a6 25. Rc3 Rc8 26. Rdc1 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Rc8 28. Qc2 Rxc3 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. bxc3 Qc7 32. Qxg7 Qxc3 33. Qf6+ Kd7 34. Qxf7+ Kc6 35. Qf2 Qc1+ 36. Qf1 Qxa3 37. Qd1 Qe3+ 38. Kh1 a5 {There should be no stopping the Black queen side pawns. White's main chance is to keep the queens on and try and find some kind of perpetual check.} 39. Qc2+ Bc4 40. h3 Qb3 {hence Black's desire to get the queens off rather than take White's d-pawn.} 41. Qe4+ Bd5 42. Qe1 {and here Black misses mate in 2.} a4 $2 (42... Qxh3+ $1 43. Kg1 Qxg2#) 43. Bg6 Kb6 $2 {and again the mate in 2 is missed. Still, it shouldn't matter, should it?} (43... Qxh3+ 44. Kg1 Qxg2#) 44. Qh4 Qc4 45. Qd8+ Qc7 46. Qf8 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Qc6 {Georgia is clearly worried about possible perpetuals and plays the safe move but} (47... a3 {is quite safe as there is no perpetual.}) 48. Be8 Qc2 49. Qf1 Bc4 (49... Qxg2+ $1 50. Qxg2 Bxg2 51. Kxg2 a3 {looks the simplest way to win, the joys of speed chess!} ) 50. Qf3 Bd5 51. Qf1 Qc4 (51... Qxg2+ {is possible again.}) 52. Qf6 a3 53. Qe7 a2 {almost there!} 54. Qd6+ Bc6 55. Qb8+ Ka5 56. Qa7+ Kb4 57. Bxc6 Qxc6 $2 { Now the position is drawn as Black's trump card, the pawn on a2 is lost.} ( 57... Kb3 $1 {still wins!}) 58. Qxa2 Qc4 59. Qb2+ Qb3 60. Qd2+ Qc3 61. Qf4 $2 { Now White goes wrong.} (61. Qxc3+ $1 Kxc3 62. d5 $1 {wins}) 61... Kc4 62. Qxh6 Qxd4 63. Qxe6+ Kc3 $2 (63... Kc5 $1 {and Black's b-pawn may still save the day. }) 64. Qc6+ Kb4 65. Qd6+ {It's game over.} Kc4 66. Qxd4+ Kxd4 67. e6 b4 68. e7 b3 69. e8=Q b2 70. Qh8+ {Black resigns. Unlucky but well played Georgia and well done, Paul, for managing to turn this game around.} 1-0